23/08/2025
BREAKING NEWS
LEGAL NOTICE – 2025 CYBERCRlMES ACT NOW IN FORCE
This is the new law that the National Assembly led by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio passed
The Federal Government has officially enacted the Cybercr!mes Bill into law, meaning all provisions contained in the Cybercr!mes (Prohibiti0n, Prevention, etc.) acts are now fully enforceable and binding across the country.
Everyone—especially online users, content creators, and administrators of digital platforms or social media groups—must take note of the following key provisions:
Key Offenses Under the Cybercr!mes Act:
1. Unauthorized Access to Devices – Section 3:
Gaining access to someone else’s phone, computer, or digital device without their permission is a crim!nal offen$e.
🛑 Punishable by up to 5 years impris0nment.
2. Tampering with Data – Section 4:
Modifying, d£leting, 0bstructing, or interfering with another person’s digital data without lawful authority is ill£gal.
🛑 Punishable by up to 5 years impris0nment.
3. Disclosure of Crit!cal Information – Section 5:
Sharing classified, sensitive, or “crit!cal information infrastructure” with unauthorized persons is a serious offen$e.
🛑 Punishable by up to 15 years impris0nment.
4. Recording Private Conversations – Section 10:
Recording private discussions without proper authorization, *even if you are a participant*, vi0lates privacy laws.
🛑 Punishable by up to 2 years impris0nment.
5. Publishing Fal$e or Mi$leading Information – Section 19:
Spreading f@ke news or publishing content that is deliberately mi$leading or d£ceptive is a crim!nal act.
🛑 Punishable by up to 2 years impris0nment.
6. Online Hara$$ment and Abū$e – Section 22:
Posting content that is rud£, vulgar, offen$ive, or indecent, especially with the intent to embarra$$ or humiliate others, is an offen$e.
🛑 Punishable by up to 2 years impris0nment.
7. Inciting Ethnic H@tred or Division – Section 24:
Attempting to provoke ethnic, religious, or tribal hatr£d through onlin
